Hubert H. Humphrey When a thing is done, it’s done. Don’t look back. Look forward to your next objective. George C. Marshall Facing it—always facing it—that’s the way to get through! Face it! Joseph Conrad Do’brai Hujr wallowed in the revelry surrounding the kidnapping. He lay on his back, smoking a hashish-laden hookah, as the young boy massaged him. He moved sensuously up his body, gently rubbing scented oil into his skin, kneading his muscles with his ringers. As his hands moved in firm, slow circles Hujr felt he had finally achieved the coup of his career; the mellow lightheadedness the hashish brought on added to the pleasure. After presenting Kamil with the American President, Hujr was treated royally. Escorted in Kamil’s private staff car, Hujr was whisked away and kept apart—which Hujr interpreted as being kept “aloof”—from the rest of his ALH comrades-in-arms. Even Ghazzali, as his mentor and the undisputed ruler of the ALH, was not permitted access to him.
